Tonight will see the start of the Hastings Beer and Music Festival kick off with the unmissable Battle of Hastings Proms.

Conducted by Roger Wilcock, Medway Towns Band will be raising the roof of the giant Marquee together with the Hastings Big Choir bringing a packed programme of music and song.

The Battle of Hastings Proms promises to be a fantastic evening for everyone and a wonderful start to Friday and Saturdays annual Beer Festival, with 100 plus beers and ciders to taste or maybe a glass of Prosecco for the ladies this years HBMF will be bigger and better than before.

With a bigger tent to ensure that everyone has enough room and also to provide faster access to the ales this really is the event that locals from Hastings look forward to.

Tickets are still available at Priory Meadow and the organisers Hastings Round Table are inviting people to celebrate with them to raise even more money for local good causes in Hastings, St Leonards and Battle.